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Reference Base  Distribution of Indian one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros ... |
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| Title: |
Distribution of Indian one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) |
| Author(s): |
Choudhury, A. |
| Year published: |
1985 |
| Journal: |
Tiger Paper |
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12 (2) |
| Pages: |
25-30, maps 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Situated between the mighty river Brahmaputra and the Karbi Plateau (formerly Mirkir hills), the park covers 430 kmy. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| The local authorities put the blame on the comparatively large tiger population in Jaldapara and partly on poachers. Naturalists place the responsibility on inadequate proitection by forest officials. Large-scale encroachments have been made into the sanctuary, in addition to 'army pockets'. T... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| rhino inhabited areas in India and in Bengal-Assam. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Indian Rhino
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| Burhachapari Reserved Forest, 44.1 kmy near Laokhowa, has a few rhino. |
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Indian Rhino
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| The main threat to the existence of the Indian rhino is poaching for its valuable horn, although habitat destruction is also a great threat. Even in the smaller sanctuaries of north Bengal, 5 rhinos were killed by poachers between 1980-82, and another 3 within the first 5 months of 1983. In the... |
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Indian Rhino
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| Situated on the north bank of the Brahmaputra towards the SE of Manas and has an area of 65 kmy. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Indian Rhino
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| Nagaland is also a hilly area and does not have any good rhino habitat. Sometimes stray individuals have been sighted in border zones near Sonari (Rangali reserved forest) in Assam, where a small population is believed to exist. |
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Indian Rhino
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| Outside the Brahmaputra valley, rhinos are often seen on the northern slopes of the east Karbi Plateau which is adjacent to Kaziranga. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Indian Rhino
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| The last recorded rhino shot within U.P. territory ws in 1878 near Pilhibit [sic]. |
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Indian Rhino
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| In 1978, a female with a calf were seen in Soni-Rupai sanctuary (not a notified protected area) by the forest staff. The location was not far from the border of West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. |
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